Matt Valenti
Encyclopedia
Matt Valenti is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion wrestler
from the University of Pennsylvania
. He won the 133 pound weight class at the NCAA tournament in both 2006 and 2007 and finished in 5th place in 2004 at 125 pounds. He is currently an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania.
champion, a four-time NCAA qualifier, and three-time first team All-Ivy selection. He was celebrated twice as EIWA Wrestler of the Year and was the Ivy League
Wrestler of the Year in 2007.
Matt was recruited and brought to Penn by former coach Roger Reina
, but was coached to both national titles by former coach, Zeke Jones
.
Valenti, a Stillwater, New Jersey native, attended Kittatinny Regional High School
where he was a two-time New Jersey
state champion. He also earned a Junior National title in freestyle his senior year.
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...
from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
. He won the 133 pound weight class at the NCAA tournament in both 2006 and 2007 and finished in 5th place in 2004 at 125 pounds. He is currently an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania.
Career
Matt currently holds Penn's career win record with 137 collegiate victories. He was a three-time EIWAEiwa
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champion, a four-time NCAA qualifier, and three-time first team All-Ivy selection. He was celebrated twice as EIWA Wrestler of the Year and was the Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
Wrestler of the Year in 2007.
Matt was recruited and brought to Penn by former coach Roger Reina
Roger Reina
Roger Reina is the former University of Pennsylvania wrestling coach . He left coaching in 2005 after 19 seasons on the mat where he had a career record of 205-106-6, making him the most successful coach in the 101-year history of the program...
, but was coached to both national titles by former coach, Zeke Jones
Zeke Jones
Larry Jones is one of the finest wrestlers in American history who won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a world championship in Varna, Bulgaria in 1991 and is currently the U.S. National Freestyle Head Coach at USA Wrestling...
.
Valenti, a Stillwater, New Jersey native, attended Kittatinny Regional High School
Kittatinny Regional High School
The Kittatinny Regional High School is a six-year comprehensive regional public high school and school district in Sussex County, New Jersey, serving students in grades 7 - 12 from five municipalities in the northwest area of the county...
where he was a two-time New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
state champion. He also earned a Junior National title in freestyle his senior year.